An "A" end view of an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's coal gondola car (ATSF #74899) for shipping the York Canyon mine's coal from New Mexico to the Kaiser Steel mill in Fontana, California. The car's yellow end (on the right side) indicated the location of its rotary coupler equipment.

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An "A" end view of an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's coal gondola car (ATSF #74899) for shipping the York Canyon mine's coal from New Mexico to the Kaiser Steel mill in Fontana, California. The car's yellow end (on the right side) indicated the location of its rotary coupler equipment.